Fitness; in phr. = German mit fug und recht.

An exclamation expressing, in early use, disgust or indignant reproach. No longer current in dignified language; said to children to excite shame…

An exclamation of abhorrence or disgust.

In early use: used in imitation of a sound denoting various sentiments, some also expressed by och, oh, ooh, etc. In later use spec. as an…

Expressing disgust or disdain.

Expressing contempt, impatience, or disgust. Also (reduplicated) pish pish.

An ejaculation expressing contempt or disgust.

= pah, int.

intransitive. To utter the word or sound ‘poh’; to express contempt in this manner; in early use frequently in to pish and poh (cf. pish, v. 1). In…

Expressing disgust, contempt, disappointment, or dismay.

Expressing disgust, annoyance, disappointment, etc.

Representing the sound of a person spitting; (hence) expressing disgust or contempt: ‘Pah!’ ‘Pshaw!’.

Colloquial phrase stone (or stiffen) the crows: an exclamation of surprise or disgust. Esp. Australian.

Australian and New Zealand colloquial. you wouldn't read about it: it is scarcely credible (used as an exclamation of disbelief or disgust).

Used as an emphatic expression of disgust or distaste; = yuck, int.

An attack of vomiting; vomit, sick; also int., a coarse exclamation of disgust.

An expression of strong distaste or disgust.

An expression of distaste or revulsion.

= yuck, int.